KB joins us from Morrison & Foerster, where he spent over six years as a patent attorney based in Boston. His practice focused on patent prosecution strategy and portfolio management in the U.S. and internationally, alongside IP due diligence work including validity and freedom-to-operate assessments.
KB earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he received the Irving Oberman Memorial Prize. Before law school, he completed his Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry at Stanford University as a John Stauffer Stanford Graduate Fellow and a Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies Fellow, and worked at Samsung SDI as a Senior Research Engineer. He holds a B.S. summa cum laude in chemistry from Seoul National University. KB is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and is admitted to practice in California, New York, and Massachusetts. He is a native Korean speaker, adding to Solve's international reach.
At Solve, KB will help us continue building the most capable AI tool for every stage of the patent process.
Please join us in welcoming KB to the team!
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